President had tried to overturn a court order that prosecutors should reinstate 800 charges dropped in 2009A South African court has thrown out Jacob Zuma’s attempt to appeal against a ruling that he should face nearly 800 corruption charges, piling pressure on the embattled president.
Zuma had tried to overturn a court order in April that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) should reinstate the charges that were dropped in 2009 shortly before he came to power.
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Source: theguardian.com